Re: dark ages book

On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:56:59 -0700, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
wrote:

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https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Machine-Industrial-Revolution-Middle/dp/0140045147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books
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Cool book. Actually, a lot happened in the middle ages. Architecture,
engineering,  agricuture, machines, clocks, compasses, math, the
beginnings of real science.
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This is well researched and well written. The author preaches a bit in
the preface and epilogue, to the effect that at the time of writing
(1977!) most everything has been invented and progress was mostly
over.
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My copy was dumped by the UWE Redland library in Bristol England. It
hadn't been checked out much.

Having collected a great many books over the course of my lifetime,
I've discovered there's a distinct, implied relationship between the
intellect of the reader and his/her personal hygene. Ex-libris
textbooks of a highly technical nature do usually turn out to be close
to pristine condition wise.